An Assessment of Homicidal Attitudes

1968 ◽  
Vol 114 (509) ◽  
pp. 479-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. May
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Racial Prejudice ◽  
Psychological Tests ◽  
Sexual Fantasy ◽  
Projective Tests ◽  
Average Intelligence ◽  
Paranoid Schizophrenic

A patient, S., voiced the opinion that subnormals, the blind, anyone with physical or mental imperfections should be exterminated. This included the psychiatrically ill and consequently himself. He had attempted suicide, and said that when he thought it appropriate he would attempt suicide again. In projective tests and interviews he expressed the wish to kill his father, and showed much sado-sexual fantasy and racial prejudice. Psychological tests showed that he was of average intelligence, non-retarded and abnormally overinclusive. He was diagnosed initially as “paranoid schizophrenic”. Such bizarre and macabre features are not necessarily dangerous, but S. was married with two young children. He believed his children to be highly intelligent. Another baby was expected shortly. This study attempted to predict whether these attitudes were potentially dangerous should the patient discover some imperfection in his family.

The Risk of Child Abuse among Mothers who Attempt Suicide

1985 ◽  
Vol 146 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Hawton ◽  
Jacqueline Roberts ◽  
Guy Goodwin
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
General Population ◽  
Young Children ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Population Control ◽  
Not At Risk ◽  
The Relationship

SummaryThe association between parental attempted suicide and child abuse was investigated in 114 mothers with children aged five years and under, referred to a general hospital following suicide attempts. The risk was greatly increased in the attempted suicide mothers, compared with both similar mothers at risk for depression and general population control mothers; well-documented risk of child abuse was identified in 29.8% of those who attempted suicide. No major differences were found between the attempted suicide mothers whose children were at risk and those whose children were not at risk. During the general hospital assessment of mothers with young children who attempt suicide, careful enquiry concerning the relationship with the children is essential

Children's Lay Theories About Ingroups and Outgroups: Reconceptualizing Research on Prejudice

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Cameron ◽  
Jeannette M. Alvarez ◽  
Diane N. Ruble ◽  
Andrew J. Fuligni
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Racial Prejudice ◽  
Ingroup Bias ◽  
Lay Theories ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes ◽  
Lay Theory ◽  
Positivity Bias ◽  
Social Transitions ◽  
Social Structural ◽  
Outgroup Derogation

The consensus from the developmental literature examining children's intergroup attitudes has been that children as young as 3 years of age exhibit racial prejudice. We suggest, however, that as much of the developmental research has confounded ingroup positivity and outgroup negativity, it becomes difficult to determine whether young children are displaying ingroup bias or outgroup derogation. Furthermore, it appears that young children are not demonstrating hostility toward outgroups; studies that have separately assessed evaluations toward the ingroup and outgroup demonstrate that rather than evaluating the outgroup negatively, young children are demonstrating a positivity bias toward their ingroup. We propose, therefore, that young children are primarily utilizing a perceptually based lay theory that does not necessitate outgroup derogation. We argue, however, that children's lay theories are subject to social structural conditions and specific social transitions, and hence, can lead to the development of prejudice.

P01.88 Attempted suicide by hanging in young children

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (S2) ◽  
pp. 343s-343s
Author(s):  
S.M. Stein ◽  
N. Chalhoub ◽  
C. Masterson
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Attempted Suicide

Women who Threaten Suicide; Evidence for an Identifiable Personality Type

1973 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Kinsinger
Keyword(s):  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Psychological Tests ◽  
The Other ◽  
Check List ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Suicide Threats ◽  
History Of ◽  
Female Subjects

Female subjects who had threatened but never attempted suicide were compared by means of psychological tests to other suicidal and nonsuicidal criterion groups. These included a group who had attempted suicide and nonsuicidal control groups of psychiatric patients and normals. Individuals who had attempted suicide and nonsuicidal psychiatric patients were found to be very similar. However, individuals who had a history of suicide threats but no attempts were discriminated from all other criterion groups by means of the MMP1 and Leary Interpersonal Check List. It is hypothesized that persons who threaten suicide but do not carry out these threats may be characterologically different from the other criterion groups.

The Modification of Hypernasality in Young Children

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moya L. Andrews ◽  
Sarah J. Tardy ◽  
Lisa G. Pasternak
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Voice Therapy

This paper presents an approach to voice therapy programming for young children who are hypernasal. Some general principles underlying the approach are presented and discussed.

Lexical Comprehension in Young Children With Developmental Delays

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa A. Kouri
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Developmental Delays ◽  
Normal Development ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
Group Status ◽  
Novel Object ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Lexical Concepts

Lexical comprehension skills were examined in 20 young children (aged 28–45 months) with developmental delays (DD) and 20 children (aged 19–34 months) with normal development (ND). Each was assigned to either a story-like script condition or a simple ostensive labeling condition in which the names of three novel object and action items were presented over two experimental sessions. During the experimental sessions, receptive knowledge of the lexical items was assessed through a series of target and generalization probes. Results indicated that all children, irrespective of group status, acquired more lexical concepts in the ostensive labeling condition than in the story narrative condition. Overall, both groups acquired more object than action words, although subjects with ND comprehended more action words than subjects with DD. More target than generalization items were also comprehended by both groups. It is concluded that young children’s comprehension of new lexical concepts is facilitated more by a context in which simple ostensive labels accompany the presentation of specific objects and actions than one in which objects and actions are surrounded by thematic and event-related information. Various clinical applications focusing on the lexical training of young children with DD are discussed.

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